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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090413/stumbleupon-stumbles-out-of-ebays-arms-to-be-reborn-as-a-start-up/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Well... 2 months after the prediction is closed, it happened.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:17:28 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>David Kuan</dc:creator>
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 <title>PREDICTION: March 2009 :</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;PREDICTION: March 2009 : Ebay CEO John Donahoe will step down &quot;Due to Medical Conditions&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:36:15 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>NYM Arts</dc:creator>
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&lt;p&gt;Judgment made on March 3, 2009: eBay has not announced any sale of StumbleUpon. The community has overwhelmingly judged this correctly. -- The Industry Standard&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Original prediction: Last May, eBay dropped $75 million to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2007/may/31/ebaybuysstumb&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;acquire StumbleUpon&lt;/a&gt;, the site recommendation community.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Since then, StumbleUpon has &lt;a href=&quot;http://siteanalytics.compete.com/stumbleupon.com/?metric=uv&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;slid downhill significantly&lt;/a&gt;, with worldwide monthly unique vistors around 2 million in Septermber, 2008, compared to over 4 million uniques in March, 2008. EBay has seen their own problems metastasize as their &lt;a href=&quot;http://finance.google.com/finance?q=ebay&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;stock has dropped&lt;/a&gt; a staggering 60% in the twelve months.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10046289-92.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EBay has hired Deutsche Bank&lt;/a&gt; to handle a possible sale of the property.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Prediction:  EBay will announce the sale of StumbleUpon by February 28th, 2009.  The actual transfer of ownership may take place after this date, but the finalized deal must be announced for a successful judgment.  Bets will close on February 23rd, 2009, or earlier depending of developing news announcements.  &lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:30:37 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Bradley Baker</dc:creator>
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